The Holocene calendar, also known as the Holocene Era or Human Era (HE), is a year numbering system that adds exactly 10,000 years to the currently dominant AD (or CE) numbering scheme, placing its first year near the beginning of the Holocene geological epoch and the Neolithic Revolution, when humans transitioned from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to agriculture and fixed settlements.

The current year in the Holocene calendar is 12,017 HE.

It is also "the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events".

This morally evil deed led many to question why a loving God would allow such evil acts.

As a result, we produced the earlier version of this booklet, now available online at creation.com/death.

And of course, this wasn’t even close to the worst mass murder by evil men or regimes.

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by Dr Jonathan Sarfati The origin of death and suffering is vitally important in defending Christianity, and many people use the present suffering and death as an excuse not to believe.